Ex-receptionist awarded €18k for ‘effective dismissal’

A receptionist at a popular Co Clare hotel whose working hours dried up after she told her supervisor she was pregnant has been awarded €18,000.

A solicitor for the Falls Hotel Ltd in Ennistymon said they had not yet decided whether to appeal the award made to Dovile Geidrikaite after the Equality Tribunal found in her favour.

Ms Geidrikaite, originally from Lithuania, started work at the Falls Hotel & Spa in May 2009, in a permanent capacity as a hotel receptionist until Sept 2009, when she was transferred to the spa area.